11016129

Voltage Event Tracking and Classification

PublishedMay 25, 2021
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising: a sensor that is located at the property and that is configured to generate sensor data; a voltage sensor that is configured to generate voltage data by measuring voltage at an electrical outlet located at the property; and a monitor control unit that is configured to: receive, from the sensor, the sensor data; receive, from the voltage sensor, the voltage data; based on the voltage data, determine an action of an electrical device that is located in the property or that is located at a neighboring property in a vicinity of the property; based on the sensor data, determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property; and based on the action of the electrical device and determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property, perform a monitoring system action.

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2. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a magnetic field sensor that is located at a circuit breaker panel of the property and that is configured to generate sensor data that indicates whether power consumption of the property has changed.

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3. The monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein the magnetic field sensor is a Hall effect sensor.

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4. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to sense magnetic fields generated by flowing current, is located at a circuit breaker panel of the property, and is configured to generate sensor data that indicates a power consumption of the property.

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5. The monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein the sensor is a current clamp.

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6. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein: the sensor is a camera that is located at an electrical meter that is configured to collect power usage data at the property and that is located at the property, and the sensor data is image data of a display of the electrical meter.

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7. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein: the sensor is a camera that is located at an electrical meter that is configured to collect power usage data at the property and that is located at the property, and the sensor data is video data of a spinning disc of the electrical meter.

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8. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein: the sensor is integrated with an electrical meter that is configured to collect power usage data at the property and that is located at the property, and the sensor data is timestamped power usage data for the property.

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9. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to: determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property by determining that the electrical device is located at the property; and perform the monitoring system action by logging the action of the electrical device that is located at the property.

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10. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to: determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property by determining that the electrical device is located at the property; based on the action of the electrical device that is located at the property, generate a notification indicating the action of the electrical device that is located at the property; and perform the monitoring system action by transmitting, to a resident of the property, the notification indicating the action of the electrical device that is located at the property.

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11. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to: determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property by determining that the electrical device is located at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property; and perform the monitoring system action by bypassing logging of the action of the electrical device that is located at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property.

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12. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to: timestamp the sensor data; timestamp the voltage data; and determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property by comparing timestamps of the sensor data to timestamps of the voltage data.

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13. The monitoring system of claim 12 , wherein the monitor control unit is configured to: compare the timestamps of the sensor data to the timestamps of the voltage data by matching the timestamps of the sensor data with the timestamps of the voltage data; and based on matching the timestamps of the sensor data with the timestamps of the voltage, determine energy consumption of the electrical device and other electrical devices located at the property.

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14. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a sensor that is located at a property, sensor data; receiving, from a voltage sensor that configured to measure voltage at an electrical outlet located at the property, voltage data; based on the voltage data, determining an action of an electrical device that is located in the property or that is located at a neighboring property in a vicinity of the property; based on the sensor data, determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property; and based on the action of the electrical device and determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property, performing a monitoring system action.

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15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the sensor is a magnetic field sensor that is located at a circuit breaker panel of the property and that is configured to generate sensor data that indicates whether power consumption of the property has changed.

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16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the sensor is configured to sense magnetic fields generated by flowing current, is located at a circuit breaker panel of the property, and is configured to generate sensor data that indicates a power consumption of the property.

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17. The method of claim 14 , wherein: the sensor is a camera that is located at an electrical meter that is configured to collect power usage data at the property and that is located at the property, and the sensor data is image data of a display of the electrical meter.

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18. The method of claim 14 , wherein: determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property comprises determining that the electrical device is located at the property, and performing the monitoring system action comprises logging the action of the electrical device that is located at the property.

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19. The method of claim 14 , comprising: determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property by determining that the electrical device is located at the property; based on the action of the electrical device that is located at the property, generating a notification indicating the action of the electrical device that is located at the property; and performing the monitoring system action by transmitting, to a resident of the property, the notification indicating the action of the electrical device that is located at the property.

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20. The method of claim 14 , wherein: determining whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property comprises determining that the electrical device is located at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property, and performing the monitoring system action comprises bypassing logging of the action of the electrical device that is located at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property.

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Publication Date

May 25, 2021

Inventors

Marc Anthony Epard
Murali Pasupuleti
Robert Leon Lutes
David James Hutz
Ronald Byron Kabler

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